Subject Files, 1954-2013 | The American Library Association Archives
Title: Subject Files, 1954-2013
Series Number: 7/2/6
Acquired:
04/26/1974. 3/30/1979, 9/15/1983, 2/25/2000, 5/1/2002, 6/25/2020, 8/17/2020, 6/21/2021
Volume: 34.0 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
Arranged by subject file time period and alphabetically by subject title thereunder
Administrative History
The International Relations Board (International Relations Round Table) creatred the International Relations Office (IRO) in June 1942 (1). The IRO was set up to "carry on its work in cooperation with the other committees of the Association whose work had international implications" (2). The IRO also functioned as an advisory agency for libraries abroad (3). In 1942-45, the IRO served "as an operational agency for various projects of the Department of State, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other foundations and libraries" (4). A "new" IRO was created in 1956 (5). The IRO concentrated its efforts on library development and the director was charged to "study and investigate the state of library education in various parts of the world" (6). The director was expected to spend several months of each year in nations on the continents of Asia, Africa, and South America (7). In 1959, the IRO sponsored (with Rockefeller Foundation monies) a group of ten visiting Japanese librarians who studied reference and advisory services in the United States (8). The IRO was disbanded in 1972 (9). The office reopened in 1976 before closing again in 1982, then reopening.
Sources:
1. ALA Bulletin, December 1954, pp. 619-20. 2. May 9, 1947 statement. IRO subject file, 1926-33, 1936-52. Record Series 7/1/6, Box 12. ALA Archives, University of Illinois. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. ALA Bulletin, November 1956, p. 62. 6. ALA Bulletin, June 1957, pp. 445-446. 7. Ibid. 8. ALA Bulletin, September 1959, p. 721. 9. Lombardi, Harriet. "A Brief Guide to the ALA's International Relations File, 1939-47."
Sources:
1. ALA Bulletin, December 1954, pp. 619-20. 2. May 9, 1947 statement. IRO subject file, 1926-33, 1936-52. Record Series 7/1/6, Box 12. ALA Archives, University of Illinois. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. ALA Bulletin, November 1956, p. 62. 6. ALA Bulletin, June 1957, pp. 445-446. 7. Ibid. 8. ALA Bulletin, September 1959, p. 721. 9. Lombardi, Harriet. "A Brief Guide to the ALA's International Relations File, 1939-47."
Subjects (links to similar materials)Agency for International Development (Aid)
Buchanan, Thomas
Donovan, David
Esterquest, Ralph T.
Florence (Italy) Flood
Franklin Books Program
Government Advisory Comm on Internatl Book and Lib Progs
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
International Relations Office
Japan-America Conference
Libraries in International Development Newsletter
Library Education Division (LED)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Society for International Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org
Buchanan, Thomas
Donovan, David
Esterquest, Ralph T.
Florence (Italy) Flood
Franklin Books Program
Government Advisory Comm on Internatl Book and Lib Progs
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
International Relations Office
Japan-America Conference
Libraries in International Development Newsletter
Library Education Division (LED)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Society for International Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org
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Subject files of International Relations Office contains contract and basic agreement with the Agency for International Development (AID), and files relating to the Organization of American States, Society for International Development, Japan-America Conference, UNESCO, federal agencies, colleges and universities, administration of the Washington Office, ALA Conferences, divisions, offices and committees, and reports to the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) (1976-81), includes partial files from the Washington International Relations Office under the directorship of Thomas Buchanan (1966-67), Ralph Esterquest (1967-68) and David Donovan (1968-72) correspondence reports, programs, conference and project materials and articles concerning foreign librarians, conferences and projects, relations with the Government Advisory Committee (GAC), AID and IFLA, Libraries in International Development Newsletter and consultants, headquarters files of the IRO (1966-81) and the International Relations Round Table (1968-79), and a file on UNESCO's PGI program.
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